DOLE reminds employers of pay rules for June 5 and 12 holidays

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reminded employers that private sector workers who will work on the regular holidays this June should be paid double.

In an advisory issued by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, DOLE instructed employers to give employees the proper wages for the regular holidays on June 5 (Eid'l Fitr) and 12 (Philippine Independence Day).

Employees who will not work on said holidays shall be paid 100 percent of their salary ([Basic wage + COLA] x 100 percent)].

Those who will work on a holiday shall be paid 200 percent of their regular salary for the first eight hours ([Basic wage + COLA] x 200 percent), according to the advisory.

If the employees will work overtime (work done in excess of eight hours), DOLE said they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked).

For those who will work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day, they shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their basic wage of 200 percent [(Basic wage + COLA) x 200 percent] + [30 percent (Basic wage x 200 percent)], according to DOLE.

Workers who will render overtime work on a regular holiday that also falls on their rest day shall be paid an additional 30 percent of their hourly rate on said day (hourly rate of the basic wage x 200 percent x 130 percent x 130 percent x number of hours worked), DOLE said. —Joviland Rita/KG, GMA News